Attachment to binders.



W. ALISON.

' ATTACHMENT T0 BINDERS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 28, 1913.

, 1,099,274, Patented June 9,1914.

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WITNESSES INVENTOB W. ALISON.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 28, 1913. 1,099,274. Patented June 9,191&

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WILLIAMALISON, 0F DELORAINE', MANITOBA, CANADA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 28, 1913. Serial No. 803,500.

a particular feature of the invention resid-i ing in the provision ofmeans which will automatically throw back the reel when the draftanimals on the knife or grain side drop back.

With the above object in view the lnvention consists essentially in thearrangement and construction of parts hereinafter more particularlydescribed and later pointed out in the appended claims.

Figure 1 represents a side view of the device applied on a binder. Fig.2 represents a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 represents an enlargeddetailed front view of the pivoted arms carried by the short tongue ofthe binder. Fig. 4 represents an enlarged detailed side view of the jaw.Fig. 5 represents an enlarged detailed side view, part in section of thetelescoping tube andv rod.

Fig. 6 represents an enlarged detailed side view of the quadrant. Fig. 7represents an enlarged detailed front view of the pivoted connectionbetween the double tree and the short tongue of the binder.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in each figure.

1 represents the binder. of: which 2 is the frame, 3 the master wheel, 4the short tongue, 5 the reel and 6 the operators seat.

7 is a drive shaft on which the master wheel is mounted and. Sis theusual counter shaft of the binder driven bythe main shaft through asuitable connection 9.

10 is a clutch on the counter shaft formed from suitable clutch members11 and 12 oneof which is connected with the drive connection while theother is controlled by the action of a spring 13 and a pivoted bar 14carried by the frame, the bar being. controlled by a pair of links 15having their ends fastened respectively to the bar and to the binderframe. The object of this arrangement will be later explained.

16 represents the reel shaft having one end thereof slidably mounted onthe reel post 17 which post has the lower end thereof pivotally securedas is customary at 18 to the binder frame. The position of the reelshaft is controlled by a lever .19 which extends backwardly toward theoperators seat and is supported by a bar 20 pivotally secured at 21 tothe quadrant 22. carried by the beam 23 of the binder. pressed dog 24operates over the quadrant which dog is controlled by a suitable handlatch 24; carried by the lever. the hand latch and thereby withdrawingthe dog 24 one can set'the post and consequently the reel in any desiredposition as will readily be understood.

The above parts giving .the adjustment to the reel are all of ordinaryconstruction with the exception that the teeth 22 of the quadrant andthe dog 24 are arranged so that the dog 24; can clear over the teeth 22upon the bar 20 being forced backwardly in the direction indicated bythe arrow Fig. 6. In present constructions the teeth are so arrangedthat once the dog is locked no movement can take place in eitherdirection until it is released by the hand latch. The reason for myparticular construction will be apparent hereinafter.

25 represents the front trucks of the binder which trucks support theforward end of the tongue 4- to which they are pivotally connected.

26 represents a double tree carrying the usual swingle trees 27 and 28for the attachment of the draft animals. tree is pivotally fastened at29 to outstanding brackets 30 secured to the forward end of the shorttongue.

31 and 32 represent arms having their inner ends pivotally connected tothe short tongue and their outer ends fastened together by a bolt 33which bolt passes through the body of a shifting rod 34 having theforward end thereof fitted with 'a PatentedJune 9, 1914.

A spring By grasping The double fork and the rear end telescoped withina tube 36, the tube being pivotally connected to the reel post at 37.

38 is an adjusting screw carried by the tube and engaging with theshifting rod.

The fork 35 is locateddirectly behind the inner end of the double treewhich it is arranged to span. A roller'39 is carried by the forkwhichroller is designed to engage with the back edge of the double tree.

A rod 40' connects the arm 31 with the links 15. I wish it here to benoticed that the links l5are normally in a position such that when therod 40 is shifted backwardly the links straighten out so to speak, anddisengage the clutch members and in so doing stop the rotation ofthecounter shaft and consequently all working parts of the binder.

In actual practice once the reel is adjustedby means of the lever*19 thescrew 38 is adjusted to place the fork 35 at the proper distance behindthe inner end of the double tree. This distance is judged by the driverand depends entirely on how quickly he wishes the device to act to throwthe reel back when a turn is made. 7.

It will be seen that when the draft animalsare attached and a turn ismade, the

inner end of the double tree will fall back and engage with the forkwith the result that the reel is automatically swung back through theaction of the shifting rod 34 7 while, the workingparts of the binderare also automatically thrown out of commission through the action ofthe rod 40. In this way it is impossible for the draft animal ,on theinner or reel side to engage with the reel and damage it.

I might explain that the present practice, when trucks are used withbinders, is to place the double tree far enough in advance of the binderto prevent the inside horse from contacting wit-h the reel when a turnis made. By hitchingin this manner howeverinuch effective power is loston account of the animals being so far in advance of the binder. WVithmy invention the draft animals can be hitched close to the binder withthe result that much effective power is saved.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The combination with a binderprovided with the usual short binder tongue and with a pivoted reelpost, a reel carried by the post, a truck supporting the forward end ofthe short tongue and pivotally connected to the same, a pivoted doubletree carried by the short tongue said double tree having the inner endthereof crossing the tongue, of means actuated by the inner end of the"doublev tree in swinging backwardly designed to swing the reelpostbackwardly,

as a r the was some 3. The vcombination w1th a binder pro- 7 vided withthe usual short binder tongue and with a pivoted reel post, a reelcarried by the post, a truck supporting the forward end of the shorttongue and pivotally connected to the same, a pivoted double treecarried by the short tongue said double tree having the inner endthereof crossing the tongue, of a suitably supported adjustable shiftingrod connected to the reel post and having the forward end thereof forkedand located behind the inner end of the double tree, as and for thepurpose specified.

4. The combination with a binder provided with the usual short bindertongue and with a pivoted reel post, a reel carried by the post, a trucksupporting the forward end of the short tongue and pivotallyconnected tothe same, a pivoted double tree carried by the short tongue said doubletree having the inner end thereof crossing/the tongue, of outstandingarms pivotally secured to the short tongue, an adjustable shifting rodpivotally connected to the out standing ends of the arms, said rod havinthe rear end connected pivotally to the rec post and the forward endprovided with a fork, the said fork being located directly behind theinner end of the double tree, as and for the purpose specified. c

5. vThe combination with a binder provided with the usual short bindertongue and with a pivoted reel post, a reel carried by the. post a trucksupporting the forward end of the short tongue and pivotally connectedto the same, a pivoteddouble tree carried by the short tongue saiddouble tree having the inner end thereof crossingthe tongue, and thebinding mechanism :of the binder, of outstanding arms pivotally securedto the shortv tongue, an adjustable shifting rod pivotally connected tothe outstanding ends of the arms, said rod having the rear end connectedpivotallytothe reel post and the forward end provided with a V fork, thesaid fork being located directly behind the inner end of the double treeand being designed toi-be engaged and pressed backwardly theinner endofthe double tree upon the same swinging, rearwardly and means actuatedby the movement of the shifting rod for automatically throwingthe innerend of the double tree upon the inner binding mechanism out ofcommission, as draft animals falling back designed to force and for thepurpose specified. back the reel away from the inner draft 6. Thecombination with the reel of a animals, as and for the purposespecified. 5 binder, the short tongue of a binder and the Si ned atDeloraine thls 17th day of 15 pivoted double tree carried by the shortOctober 1913.

tongue and having the inner end thereof WILLIAM ALISON. crossing thetongue, said double tree being In the presence offor the attachment ofthe inner and outer V. W. BAKER,

10 draft animals, of means engaged by the J. M. GEORGE.

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